# File lib/phusion_passenger/utils/file_system_watcher.rb, line 60
                def self.new(filenames, termination_pipe = nil)
                        # Default parameter values, type conversion and exception
                        # handling in C is too much of a pain.
                        filenames = filenames.map do |filename|
                                filename.to_s
                        end
                        return _new(filenames, termination_pipe)
                end